If you live in or around Delhi you are currently facing the brutal assault of the coldest winter in a very long time. As people reel under the onslaught of the coldest December in living memory, they vented shared their experiences with hashtags such as #DelhiWeather and #DelhiWinters:
As if the extreme cold wasn’t enough, a thick blanket of fog enveloped the area, reducing visibility, causing delays and making people long for just a glimpse of the warming sun.
As this commentator says, there is no need to go to any hill station
In fact it is colder than the hill stations.
Midday temperatures hover around the 8-degree mark --- that is just cruel!
Delhiites hate activities that involve any kind of contact with cold water right now.
One has to choose between feeling clean --- and not.
A shower feels great only while the hot water is beating down on you.
…Can wait.
We find ways to cope and deal with the extreme cold.
People sympathised with the three little puppies basking in the warmth of a smouldering bonfire.
That quilt is lovely and warm --- but it also seems to weigh 50 kg!
…Even those feathered beings.
In Delhi we are never quite sure.
The pall of gloom created by the fog can do this.
Delhiites are envious of people living in other, warmer parts of the country.
All of North India is reeling under the cold spell --- but Twitter’s all like #DelhiWeather!
There are some bright spots to winter as well: hot, comforting beverages that warm our tummies and our chilled hands.
Some service providers ensure that customers have reason to pick them over others.
Battling #DelhiWinters is not easy. Until #DelhiWeather becomes a little more hospitable, this is all of us.
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